• Poetry Friday: Near Misses and Goodbye Rituals

      This week’s Poetry Friday roundup is at Michelle Kogan’s blog. Head on over there to see all of the posts.      Near Misses and Goodbye Rituals   What do you do with the those near miss books?   I write a lot of nonfiction picture books. I…

  • Poetry Friday December 2, 2022

    This week’s Poetry Friday roundup is at Reading to the Core. Hop on over there to read everyone’s posts.      Haiku of the Week   summer’s chlorophyll slips away leaving behind flames in the trees   Photo & Haiku © 2022 Marcie Flinchum Atkins    Haiku Moments Playlist…

  • Poetry Friday November 4, 2022

      Heidi at my juicy little universe is our host for Poetry Friday today. Hop over there for the roundup.    Haiku of the Week   black-eyed susan— swaps her yellow frock for fall’s  scratchy tatters   Photo & Haiku © 2022 Marcie Flinchum Atkins      Haiku Moments…

  • Poetry Friday: Question Poems as Picture Books

    This week’s Poetry Friday roundup is at Sarah Grace Tuttle’s blog.    Question Poems as Picture Books Every week my poetry group, The Nevermores, takes turns posting a prompt for the week. A few months ago, I posted the prompt to write a question poem. I’d noticed some recent…

  • Poetry Friday September 23, 2022

      This week’s host is Rose Capelli at Imagine the Possibilities.  Rose and I are both in the Nevermores Poetry group. We write and share poems with each other every week. It’s been such a highlight of my year!     Haiku of the Week   skeleton seed pod…

  • Poetry Friday September 16, 2022

      This week’s Poetry Friday roundup is with Kat at Kathryn Apel.   Haiku of the Week   punk rock hair frizzed from the humidity— sways in the garden   Haiku & Photo © 2022 Marcie Flinchum Atkins       Playlist for Haiku Moment Poetry Printables Page Sign…

  • Poetry Friday September 9, 2022

      Carol at Beyond Literacy Link is hosting the roundup today.      Haiku of the Week beyond pink petals the mouth of the flower cave made for bees and beaks   Photo and Haiku © 2022 Marcie Flinchum Atkins       Playlist for Haiku Moment Poetry Printables…

  • Poetry Friday August 12, 2022: Magazine Poetry

      Margaret at Reflections on the Teche is hosting Poetry Friday this week. Hop on over there to see the roundup.      Magazine Poetry I always have a big stack of unread magazines–The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Scientific American, and more. They all have poetry in them. And…

  • Poetry Friday Roundup & The Sealey Challenge

    I’m hosting Poetry Friday! If you are sharing your post, you can add your link below. The Sealey Challenge   As you may have guessed by now, I love a good challenge. I often create challenges for myself in writing and in reading. When I recently read about The…